Acts 7.55-end

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02 November 2006

Standing before the high priest and the council, 55Stephen, filled with the
Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at
the right hand of God. 56‘Look,’ he said, ‘I see the heavens opened and the Son
of Man standing at the right hand of God!’ 57But they covered their ears, and
with a loud shout all rushed together against him. 58Then they dragged him out
of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their coats at the
feet of a young man named Saul. 59While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed,
‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ 60Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud
voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ When he had said this, he
died.